The Vault - Security Made Easy
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As simple as writing it down!

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Description

Do you...... have trouble remembering tens or hundreds of online passwords? ... write passwords down somewhere, even though you know this is not the safest thing to do?... use the same ("cleverly" modified) password in multiple places, instead of using properly randomized passwords that offer the best security?... sometimes wish you had a photo of a creditcard, passport or other document handy?... want to securely store lots of other confidential information, photos, animated GIFs, office documents, you name it?... want all this to be secure, but still very simple to use?

Then ◆The Vault◆ is for you!

The Vault provides straightforward, easy to use, secure storage for all your documents and other data, such as passwords, login credentials and any other confidential information. It can securely store any number of documents, images, screenshots or photos along with your confidential information.

▸ The Vault is very simple to use, yet it employs industry-standard encryption to keep your data safe.(Some other - payed - apps do too, but some apps advertised as "secure" really do not, and for example save your data using a simple base-64 encoding: your information looks scrambled, but is as readable as plain text when you know how).

▸ The Vault will - never - show ad banners! We hate them too.

▸ The Vault stores information on * your * device. Not on some server somewhere on the net.

▸ Securely storing information is as simple as entering free text!

▸ The Vault can securely store photos and pictures from your camera or photo library; for example a copy of your passport, credit card, or just the serial numbers of some equipment you own. Anything.

▸ The Vault can securely store - and play - animated GIFs.

▸ The Vault can securely store *any* office or other document.

▸ Many secured documents can be viewed directly from The Vault, including PDFs, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Powerpoint, Excel and Word files.

▸ You can optionally import data exported from your previous password app (or any other source that can provide the data).

▸ Automatically and securely backups your data!

◆ ◆ ◆ TECHNICAL DETAILS ◆ ◆ ◆

This is the part that matters.This is the part that is hard to get right.This is the part that makes the difference between actual security and insecurity.

Example: Claiming “military-grade” encryption and subsequently simply hashing a master passcode - e.g. using SHA, MD5, or, god forbid, nothing at all (!) - is NOT good. What ís good is to use a proper key derivation algorithm such as PBKDF2, scrypt or bcrypt.

Another example: AES is better than ancient algorithms such as Blowfish, Twofish or 3DES. But even for AES: an app that does not combine encryption with authentication... is doing it wrong. Currently there is some consensus that the best construct is to first encrypt a message and then calculate a message-authentication code, instead of the other way around.

These things matter.

◆ ◆ ◆The Vault uses PBKDF2 key derivation with an HMAC-SHA512 PRF, and HMAC-SHA256 Encrypt-then-MAC authenticated 256-bit AES encryption, using CommonCrypto functionality only. All cipher and MAC worker keys, as well as all salts and IVs, are purely random data. Keys and IVs are never reused. Each singular piece of data is encrypted with a unique random encryption key, and authenticated with a unique random HMAC key.Your Master Passcode is never stored; and neither are the derived cipher keys.◆ ◆ ◆

THE ONLY THING ●YOU● HAVE TO DO?Choose a long master passcode. Make it long, and make it random!Read more about why and how inside the app.

What's New

Version History

5.9.5

Aug 13, 2018

▸ QuickNote!Because sometimes you just want to QUICKLY jot down a thought, a number, an email address, anything

5.8.0 - 5.9.3==================+ Automatic Bulleted Lists!Type what you want to sum up and the app will automatically format your list, add new bullets and track indentation; intelligently.

+ Another new feature! Document ScannerTap the camera button to take a photo of a black-and-white text-document or a color-document or (credit-)card

+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.5.7.0 - 5.7.2==================+ Preferences setting for Universal Clipboard support+ Improved SecureSync- more efficiently handles syncing large databases between multiple devices- fixes warning message when returning from background+ Add Smart-Copy paste for quickly copy-pasting Credit Card Numbers etc without spaces and dashes+ Better handles failing FaceID recognition (eg: darkness)+ Improve HotContent parsing of answers to online security questions ("A:", "Answer:") and Hidden HotContent IDs: ("ID:", "...-ID:")5.6.0 - 5.6.2==================+ Improves clear clipboard functionality: prevents sensitive data from being shared via iCloud and auto-erases any Vault content you may have placed on the clipboard5.5.0 - 5.5.9==================+ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone5.3.4 - 5.4.0==================+ Basic support for Right-To-Left languages+ Prepares for upcoming Inter-Note Link feature+ Option to recreate the default set of Template NotesUpdate 5.0 - 5.3.2==================+ Auto fill-out email address in "Mail:User:Pass:" Templates+ PDF Preview - Quickly preview, search or print PDF documents sent to The Vault - without having to login.+ Optionally inline SecurePhotos and Document making your Note text automatically flow around it+ Tap to re-hide a temporarily revealed Hidden Folder+ "Most recently edited Notes" Folder+ Improved key derivation: The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.+ Auto-insertion of a properly randomized password when inserting any password Template Note+ Updated Photo Editor+ Improved displaying of PDFs+ Improved handling of encrypted PDFs+ Send & Receive SecureBackup bundles directly to and from iCloudDriveUpdate 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input+ Auto-hiding of sensitive HotContent !+ Improved HotContent ParsingUpdate 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.Improved HotContent parsing: + detection of IBANs+ new detection of answers to online security questions for easier copy-pasting+ better handling options for usernames that are email addresses

5.9.3

Jun 16, 2018

▸ Automatic Bulleted Lists!Just type what you want to sum up and the app will automatically format your list, add new bullets and track indentation; intelligently, so that the result is always formatted correctly, regardless of bullet-combination or indentation style.

▸ Another new feature! Document Scanner

Tap the camera button to take a photo of a back-and-white text-document or a color-document or (credit-)card -> get a straight-up photo of only the document or card !

5.8.0 - 5.8.3==================+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.9.2

Jun 3, 2018

▸ Automatic Bulleted Lists!

Just type what you want to sum up and the app will automatically format your list, add new bullets and track indentation; intelligently, so that the result is always formatted correctly, regardless of bullet-combination or indentation style.

▸ Another new feature! Document Scanner

Tap the camera button to take a photo of a back-and-white text-document or a color-document or (credit-)card -> get a straight-up photo of only the document or card !

+ Various improvements to Bulleted Lists: support for hanging indents, Return to move bullets down, better handling of numbered lists, etc+ You can now swipe-back when navigating the Help Documentation.

5.8.0 - 5.8.3==================+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.9.1

May 19, 2018

▸ Automatic Bulleted Lists!

Just type what you want to sum up and the app will automatically format your list, add new bullets and track indentation; intelligently, so that the result is always formatted correctly, regardless of bullet-combination or indentation style.

▸ Another new feature! Document Scanner

Tap the camera button to take a photo of a back-and-white text-document or a color-document or (credit-)card -> get a straight-up photo of only the document or card !

+ You can now swipe-back when navigating the Help Documentation.

5.8.0 - 5.8.3==================+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.9

May 15, 2018

▸ Automatic Bulleted Lists!

Just type what you want to sum up, and the app will automatically format your list - on the fly, add new bullets and track indentation; intelligently, so that your Note is always formatted correctly, regardless of bullet-combination or indentation style used. Supports lists with multiple levels, auto-advances numbered lists... it just works!

5.8.0 - 5.8.3==================+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.8.3

5.8.0 - 5.8.2==================+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.8.2

Apr 22, 2018

▸ Several minor improvements in AutomaticBackup, and (re)creating Template Notes.▸ Fixes a forced crash caused by unexplained use of FaceID.

Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

▸ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes▸ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.8.1

Apr 14, 2018

▸ Fixes a forced crash caused by unexplained use of FaceID.

Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

To use, select a photo from your Camera Roll, tap the Action button, scroll all the way to the right, and add the "The Vault - Edit & Store" action, to you default set of actions. If you want, you can drag it to the beginning of list to make it more easily accessible.

▸ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes▸ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.8

Apr 9, 2018

Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!

To use, select a photo from your Camera Roll, tap the Action button, scroll all the way to the right, and add the "The Vault - Edit & Store" action, to you default set of actions. If you want, you can drag it to the beginning of list to make it more easily accessible.

▸ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes▸ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.6.0 - 5.6.2==================+ Further improved support for iPhoneX+ Improves clear clipboard functionality: prevents sensitive data from being shared via iCloud and auto-erases any Vault content you may have placed on the clipboard

5.5.0 - 5.5.9==================+ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone - Now all you have to do to keep your data safe is nothing

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

Bold font option for those with less than 20/20 vision. Per user request.

Gallery mode: for Notes with multiple Photos

Force-lock The Vault by locking your device using the Power button, bypassing the passcode delay.

5.6.2

Jan 30, 2018

▸ Several minor fixes and improvements.

5.6.0 - 5.6.1==================+ Further improved support for iPhoneX+ Improves clear clipboard functionality: prevents sensitive data from being shared via iCloud and auto-erases any Vault content you may have placed on the clipboard

5.5.0 - 5.5.9==================+ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone - Now all you have to do to keep your data safe is nothing

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

Hidden Folders feature! Completely and untraceably hide the existence of selected Folders and their Notes!

Copy-paste images, including animated gifs, directly into The Vault.

Bold font option for those with less than 20/20 vision. Per user request.

Gallery mode: for Notes with multiple Photos

Force-lock The Vault by locking your device using the Power button, bypassing the passcode delay.

5.6.1

Jan 15, 2018

▸ Further improved support for iPhoneX

Version 5.6========+ Fixes and improves clear clipboard functionality: prevents sensitive data from being shared via iCloud and auto-erases any Vault content you may have placed on the clipboard + Several other minor fixes and UI improvements

5.6

Jan 9, 2018

▸ Fixes and improves clear clipboard functionality: prevents sensitive data from being shared via iCloud and auto-erases any Vault content you may have placed on the clipboard ▸ Several other minor fixes and UI improvements

5.5.8

5.5.0 - 5.5.7==================+ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone - Now all you have to do to keep your data safe is nothing

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

Hidden Folders feature! Completely and untraceably hide the existence of selected Folders and their Notes!

Copy-paste images, including animated gifs, directly into The Vault.

Bold font option for those with less than 20/20 vision. Per user request.

Gallery mode: for Notes with multiple Photos

Force-lock The Vault by locking your device using the Power button, bypassing the passcode delay.

5.5.7

Dec 28, 2017

▸ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords ▸ More graceful handling of the various reasons for biometry failure/cancellation, reducing the number of times you are required to manually enter your passcode▸ Fixes a crash during first time SecureSync

5.5.0 - 5.5.6==================+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone - Now all you have to do to keep your data safe is nothing

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

Hidden Folders feature! Completely and untraceably hide the existence of selected Folders and their Notes!

Copy-paste images, including animated gifs, directly into The Vault.

Bold font option for those with less than 20/20 vision. Per user request.

Gallery mode: for Notes with multiple Photos

Force-lock The Vault by locking your device using the Power button, bypassing the passcode delay.

5.5.6

Dec 20, 2017

▸ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords ▸ More graceful handling of the various reasons for biometry failure/cancellation, reducing the number of times you are required to manually enter your passcode▸ Fixes tap cursor positioning▸ Fixes a iPhoneX textview layout issue

5.5.0 - 5.5.4==================+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone - Now all you have to do to keep your data safe is nothing

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

Hidden Folders feature! Completely and untraceably hide the existence of selected Folders and their Notes!

Copy-paste images, including animated gifs, directly into The Vault.

Bold font option for those with less than 20/20 vision. Per user request.

Gallery mode: for Notes with multiple Photos

Force-lock The Vault by locking your device using the Power button, bypassing the passcode delay.

5.5.5

Dec 18, 2017

▸ When creating new, randomized passwords, you can now specify length and optional dashes from the Preferences page▸ More graceful handling of the various reasons for biometry failure/cancellation, reducing the number of times you are required to manually enter your passcode▸ Fixes tap cursor positioning

5.5.0 - 5.5.4==================+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone - Now all you have to do to keep your data safe is nothing

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

+ Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

- Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================- Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes, thus minimizing possible loss of work in the event of trouble, to at most the last 10 seconds.- Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it- Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for TouchID users: If you are under duress (somebody is forcing your hand to use the TouchID sensor to open your Vault), shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable TouchID access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to re-enable TouchID access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

- Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================- Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes, thus minimizing possible loss of work in the event of trouble, to at most the last 10 seconds.- Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it.- Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for TouchID users: If you are under duress (somebody is forcing your hand to use the TouchID sensor to open your Vault), shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable TouchID access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to re-enable TouchID access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

- Improved key derivation: The Vault has always used 256-bit AES encryption. It still does. The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.

Update 4.8 - 4.9.9==================- Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes, thus minimizing possible loss of work in the event of trouble, to at most the last 10 seconds.- Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature: even though all your changes are now automatically saved, you can still undo the saved changes and revert your Note to the state it was in when you opened it.- Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input

Update 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for TouchID users: If you are under duress (somebody is forcing your hand to use the TouchID sensor to open your Vault), shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable TouchID access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to re-enable TouchID access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.

5.8.0 - 5.9.3==================+ Automatic Bulleted Lists!Type what you want to sum up and the app will automatically format your list, add new bullets and track indentation; intelligently.

+ Another new feature! Document ScannerTap the camera button to take a photo of a black-and-white text-document or a color-document or (credit-)card

+ Adds an App Extension that works directly on photos from your camera roll: ...annotate, filter, blur, curves, effects, crop, etc. ...and then either securely store it in The Vault, or write it back to your camera roll!+ Automatic SecureBackup: directly to iCloud Drive, or to iTunes+ Open-sourced The Vault's encryption core and published it online in human-readable pseudocode: see the "For the technically interested" Note in the How-To-Use Folder.5.7.0 - 5.7.2==================+ Preferences setting for Universal Clipboard support+ Improved SecureSync- more efficiently handles syncing large databases between multiple devices- fixes warning message when returning from background+ Add Smart-Copy paste for quickly copy-pasting Credit Card Numbers etc without spaces and dashes+ Better handles failing FaceID recognition (eg: darkness)+ Improve HotContent parsing of answers to online security questions ("A:", "Answer:") and Hidden HotContent IDs: ("ID:", "...-ID:")5.6.0 - 5.6.2==================+ Improves clear clipboard functionality: prevents sensitive data from being shared via iCloud and auto-erases any Vault content you may have placed on the clipboard5.5.0 - 5.5.9==================+ Specify length and optional dashes when creating new random passwords+ Delete confirmation when deletion Notes using an (accidental) swipe gesture+ Automatic SecureBackup - FREE for everyone5.3.4 - 5.4.0==================+ Basic support for Right-To-Left languages+ Prepares for upcoming Inter-Note Link feature+ Option to recreate the default set of Template NotesUpdate 5.0 - 5.3.2==================+ Auto fill-out email address in "Mail:User:Pass:" Templates+ PDF Preview - Quickly preview, search or print PDF documents sent to The Vault - without having to login.+ Optionally inline SecurePhotos and Document making your Note text automatically flow around it+ Tap to re-hide a temporarily revealed Hidden Folder+ "Most recently edited Notes" Folder+ Improved key derivation: The Vault 5 improves the way keys are derived from your master passcode and how the way these keys are handled within the app.+ Auto-insertion of a properly randomized password when inserting any password Template Note+ Updated Photo Editor+ Improved displaying of PDFs+ Improved handling of encrypted PDFs+ Send & Receive SecureBackup bundles directly to and from iCloudDriveUpdate 4.8 - 4.9.9==================+ Autosaves your changes while you are editing your Notes+ Updated the Undo feature to work alongside the new Autosave feature+ Improved handling of Template insertion, auto-positioning your cursor for immediate text input+ Auto-hiding of sensitive HotContent !+ Improved HotContent ParsingUpdate 4.0 - 4.7.5==================Duress-protection for biometricID users: If you are under duress, shake your device or quickly hit Cancel instead to completely disable biometric access to The Vault. From this point on it is technically *impossible* to access to your Vault without first manually entering your passcode.Improved HotContent parsing: + detection of IBANs+ new detection of answers to online security questions for easier copy-pasting+ better handling options for usernames that are email addresses

Ratings and Reviews

3.6 out of 5

46 Ratings

46 Ratings

Excellent app!!! 😄 NOT ANYMORE!!!

Dec 30, 2017

HavenPnt

I highly recommend this app. I have been using it for about a year. I have a tremendous amount of data in it. I recently purchased an iPod fifth-generation and I wanted to sync my data from my iPad. At first I had a little trouble, so I contacted the developer and received immediate excellent feedback to solve my problem. I don't think you can go wrong with this secure document/password storage and encryption app. Thank you so much

Attention developers: With IOS software update 11.0.2 you can no longer move cursor around to a particular spot nor is spelling corrector available.

In addition to above problem, your new back up system is a disaster. I have always backed up to Dropbox with sync (purchased) between two iPads & an iPhone. Now, despite turning back on "send auto (or manual) backups to drop box" none of my devices can access drop box ["can't access folder on Dropbox -in RED"]. You insist on screwing up this system and now even with purchases in your app (sync) I am down to using only one device since I can’t back up. Why do you insist on screwing things up??? I am done after several years of compiling tons of data to my Vault to no avail now. Thanks for NOTHING!

Developer Response

Jan 6, 2018

Hi Susan, we indeed had a "can't access folder error" for about a week. It popped up for some people after updating to iOS11. We have already fixed this some time ago. If you just update the app, all will be fine. You Vault data was never in trouble, also Automatic SecureBackup was working all that time, so you were never in any danger whatsoever.

Excellent app!!! 😄 NOT ANYMORE!!!

Dec 30, 2017

HavenPnt

I highly recommend this app. I have been using it for about a year. I have a tremendous amount of data in it. I recently purchased an iPod fifth-generation and I wanted to sync my data from my iPad. At first I had a little trouble, so I contacted the developer and received immediate excellent feedback to solve my problem. I don't think you can go wrong with this secure document/password storage and encryption app. Thank you so much

Attention developers: With IOS software update 11.0.2 you can no longer move cursor around to a particular spot nor is spelling corrector available.

In addition to above problem, your new back up system is a disaster. I have always backed up to Dropbox with sync (purchased) between two iPads & an iPhone. Now, despite turning back on "send auto (or manual) backups to drop box" none of my devices can access drop box ["can't access folder on Dropbox -in RED"]. You insist on screwing up this system and now even with purchases in your app (sync) I am down to using only one device since I can’t back up. Why do you insist on screwing things up??? I am done after several years of compiling tons of data to my Vault to no avail now. Thanks for NOTHING!

Developer Response

Jan 6, 2018

Hi Susan, we indeed had a "can't access folder error" for about a week. It popped up for some people after updating to iOS11. We have already fixed this some time ago. If you just update the app, all will be fine. You Vault data was never in trouble, also Automatic SecureBackup was working all that time, so you were never in any danger whatsoever.

Constant support, Fully featured, 2 nagging details.

Jun 18, 2018

BoredMeteor

Overall very satisfied. You pay for the features you want and while they are not cheap, this is by far the best app of its kind I’ve seen so far. It really is a completely secure folder for everything I want. It’s very nicely designed. They update it often. You get what you pay for!I would only criticize the unwanted and unnecessary addition of text files / backgrounds when they update the app. Surely a pop up message would be just as useful?The app keeps asking me to back up even though I do so regularly but I can see how they decided that’s a good feature for most users.Overall, one of the best apps I’ve used and I’ve had it for five + years now (had it on iPhone 4 back when it was already the best choice!). They keep updating it and adding features.

Constant support, Fully featured, 2 nagging details.

Jun 18, 2018

BoredMeteor

Overall very satisfied. You pay for the features you want and while they are not cheap, this is by far the best app of its kind I’ve seen so far. It really is a completely secure folder for everything I want. It’s very nicely designed. They update it often. You get what you pay for!I would only criticize the unwanted and unnecessary addition of text files / backgrounds when they update the app. Surely a pop up message would be just as useful?The app keeps asking me to back up even though I do so regularly but I can see how they decided that’s a good feature for most users.Overall, one of the best apps I’ve used and I’ve had it for five + years now (had it on iPhone 4 back when it was already the best choice!). They keep updating it and adding features.

Works Just as Stated - Excellent Customer Service

Jun 18, 2018

imlearning03

I researched a number of apps. This one consistently came out on top for security and privacy of critical content. I am storing credit card and passport information. I tried several tests and it worked perfectly. I had an issue and reached out to support. I got a very prompt response. (The answer was actually clearly explained in the documentation but I’d forgotten.) I was impressed that they clearly answered my question and didn’t just say look in the documentation. They kindly showed me where I could find additional information and when I went there I also saw the explanation for my question. Very positive team. I also looked at a negative review they’d gotten and saw that they responded quickly and transparently.

Works Just as Stated - Excellent Customer Service

Jun 18, 2018

imlearning03

I researched a number of apps. This one consistently came out on top for security and privacy of critical content. I am storing credit card and passport information. I tried several tests and it worked perfectly. I had an issue and reached out to support. I got a very prompt response. (The answer was actually clearly explained in the documentation but I’d forgotten.) I was impressed that they clearly answered my question and didn’t just say look in the documentation. They kindly showed me where I could find additional information and when I went there I also saw the explanation for my question. Very positive team. I also looked at a negative review they’d gotten and saw that they responded quickly and transparently.